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Well old Mr. Johnson Had troubles all his own
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He had an old yellow cat That wouldn't leave home
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Tried everything he knew to do To get the cat to stay away
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Even took him up to Canada And told him for to stay
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But the cat came back, the very next day
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Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back
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`Cause he wouldn't stay away
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Well they give a boy a dollar For to set the cat afloat
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And he took him up the river In a sack and a boat
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Well the fishin' it was fine Till the news got around
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That the boat was missing And the boy was drowned...
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Well the farmer on the corner Said he'd shoot the cat on sight
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And he loaded up his gun Full of rocks and dynamite
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The gun went off Heard all over town
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Little pieces of the man Was all that they found...
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Well they finally found a way This cat for to fix
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They put him in an orange crate Out on Route 66
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Come a ten ton truck With a twenty ton load
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Scattered pieces of the orange crate All down the road...
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Now they gave him to a man Going up in the balloon
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And they told him for to leave him With the man in the moon
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Well the balloon got busted Back to earth it head
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And seven miles away They picked the man up dead...
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Well they took him to the shop Where the meat was ground
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And they dropped him in the hopper When the butcher wasn't 'round
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Well the cat disappeared With a blood-curdling shriek
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And the town's meat Tasted furry for a week...
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Well, they took him to Cape Canaveral And they put him in a place
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Shot him in a U.S. rocket Going way out in space
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Well they finally thought the cat Was out a' human reach
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Next day they got a call From Miami Beach and...
[Chorus]
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But the cat came back, the very next day
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Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back
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`Cause he wouldn't stay away